Khwaja Ghulam Farid

250px|thumb|Mausoleum of Khawaja Ghulam Farid in Chachran, Pakistan Khwaja Ghulam Farid or Khawaja Ghulam Farid Koreja (25 November 1845 – 24 July 1901) was a 19th-century Punjabi Sufi poet of the Indian subcontinent. He was a scholar and writer who knew several different languages. He belonged to the Chishti–Nizami Sufi order. He was known for his work which helped popularize the Punjabi language. 250px|thumb|Friend is not hidden; everywhere He is openly manifest. Darkness is all pervaise Light. Only it has been named differently. Quotes The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2004) (Muhammad Riaz Qadiri: The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam, Gujranwala, Pakistan, 2004) O Farid ! Friend is not hidden; everywhere He is openly manifest. Darkness is all pervaise Light. Only it has been named differently. p. 298 The mysteries of Oneness of Being are remarkable. They are known by the dealers of unity who behold the real Sinai Flash in each and every existent. p. 298 Beauty and ugliness are manifestations of the self-The lovely colorless is in each color. p. 298 From the hand of the cup-bearer I drank the goblet of love. Oneness became overpowering, forget infidelity and Islam. p. 298 Whoever found the beloved in the temple of the heart, got purged of all affliction and sin, by meditation attained permanence. Farid subsists without individuality. p. 298 Leave aside craving for other than God: anything else is pseudo thought. Except the Real One, all things are perishable. Each instant concentrate on the Real; undoubtedly this is the committed way. p. 299 External links Muhammad Riaz Qadiri: The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam, Gujranwala, Pakistan, 2004 Category:1845 births Category:1901 deaths Category:People from Punjab (Pakistan) Category:Islamic scholars Category:Theologians from India Category:Sufi poets Category:Urdu-language poets Category:Urdu-language writers Category:Urdu scholars Category:Persian-language writers Category:Persian-language poets Category:Punjabi-language poets Category:Philosophers from India Category:Indian Sunni Muslims Category:Saints Category:People of British India Category:Sufis of Chishti Order